Biblical judges

I have a confession to make, I enjoy the practice of Criminal Defense. As a criminal defense attorney, I represent those charged with a crime, whether it's traffic, DWI/DUI, misdemeanor or felony. As per the explanation I have heard from many people, I defend the 'scum of the earth.' Since deciding this was my area of practice as an attorney, I have heard from friends, family and even total strangers that my chosen profession is 'wrong,' 'despicable,' I've even been told what I do is "what's…

background. In Twelve Angry Men a bunch of rich, white jurors tries to solve a case about a slum boy who supposedly killed his own father, and in Liptak’s Article, a group of jurors decides whether an individual is guilty or not and the thing that they judge him about is his race. However, despite the similarities of this novel and article, there are many differences as well. Twelve Angry Men, which took place in the ‘50s, is fictional, and has to do with judging someone because of their…

The room was extremely quiet as my team and I walked in. Everyone in the room turned their eyes to look at us. I was terrified of what this trial would entail, but I didn’t let my face show it. My team and I were about to face the defending champions of Empire Atlanta and I didn’t know if we could pull off the win. These were the people standing in the way of my team getting to the finals of the competition. As the trial went on I grew the confidence my team and my abilities. I took a shaky…

Supreme Court of Arkansas in Mason v State. It simply means UK is examined the cases by judicial precedent which is referring to the previous case or statutes and applied it into current case. Civil law and criminal law are a part of common law as the judges in civil and criminal court are bound to follow the previous case that upper court decided. Civil law which is known as private law are acts that govern relationship between individuals and related to the private rights and remedies.…

Within society, it is important for a child to have a stable house to live in with both parents. Having a perfect scenario is ideal for the wellbeing of an adolescent, but is usually never the case. Unrest in a child’s upbringing may be caused by dysfunctional parents, in this case, who file for divorce. When children are involved in a divorce, the kids are often forced to split the week between both parents to have equal opportunity within their lives. When the courts get involved, disregarding…

also able too hear appeals from lower vicinities. Appeals of this nature can possibility question the facts; as a result the appellant alleges that the magistrate or judge has generated a decision, which can be produced from incorrect information. However questions of law can arise which, the appellant contends that the magistrate or judge has implied law in an incorrect manner. The three-tier model provides efficiency too deliver the correct expertise too each legal matter discussed within…

The judicial selection systems in the United States are different all over the country. All fifty states have one of the basic patterns of selecting judges. There are partisan elections, nonpartisan elections, appointments, and appointments with retention election. Partisan elections, like the system we have in Texas currently works by each candidate having to run under a party affiliation. In a partisan election candidates first run in a primary election and it also incorporates…

dependent on the doctrine of binding precedent. The term precedents refers to previously decided cases (Abbot,Pendleburry & Wardman, 2002) The term binding precedents is established due to the fact that judges always have an inclination to create laws; however it is not the function of any judge to do so, but instead to decide a case based on standing rules. In other words it lays a foundation…

courtroom, one could reasonably expect the judge to be the one responsible for the holding of a case. However, does and should the judge exercise his own discretion when deciding cases? Prominent legal theorist H. L. A. Hart claims that judges do exercise discretion, especially in “hard cases”, where there is no pre-existing or unambiguous rule. To this matter, Hart’s brilliant student Ronald Dworkin offers an alternative theory, which argues that judges do not have discretion and should follow…

To elaborate more, in an adversarial model, responsibility for gathering evidence rests with the parties – police and defense – and an independent evaluation of that evidence by a neutral judge is left to the trial. In an inquisitorial model, criminal investigation, at least in serious cases, is typically overseen by either an “independent” prosecutor or an examining magistrate (in France termed a “juge d’instruction”). The prosecutor or…